Nahimu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nahimu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nahimu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220

Nahimu (14) may also be a first name.

Nahimu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nahimu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nahimu (Hindi: नहीमू) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nahimu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nahimu live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name worldwide It is held by 14 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 83 percent reside and Sokoto, where 17 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Nahimu exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nahimou925/
Najhimu921/
Noaimu831/
Najjimu775/
Naijimu774/
Nahemud773/
Naemu733/
Nouaimou711/
Naemou671/
Nehemu671/
Neumeu5010/
Neumou501/

Nahimu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nahimu in the Hindi language
नहीमूnahimu-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nahimu
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